Fianchetto Definition

fēən-kĕtō, -chĕtō

fianchetti, fianchettoed, fianchettoing, fianchettos

noun

The development in chess of a bishop from its original position to the second square of the adjacent knight's file.

American Heritage

verb

To develop as or set up a fianchetto.

American Heritage

To move (a bishop) from its initial position diagonally into the adjacent knight's file.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Fianchetto

Singular:

fianchetto

Plural:

fianchetti

Italian diminutive of fianco flank from Old Italian from Old French flanc flank

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Italian, a diminutive of fianca ‘flank’.

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